This analysis of Illinois Department of Corrections population data explores the lasting impact of Truth in Sentencing laws enacted in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
This research brief, based primarily on analysis of a year's worth of pretrial data from 78 Illinois counties (6 urban and 72 rural), explores how rural counties’ experiences under the Pretrial Fairness Act differ, both from one another and from those of urban counties.
Beginning September 18, 2023, the Pretrial Fairness Act fundamentally altered pretrial practices in Illinois. What can we say about the workings and effects of the new law at the one-year point?
This new analyses of Illinois arrest and prison admission data by age documents a steep statewide decline since 2010 in arrests and prison sentences for individuals 18-24.
This report examines recent trends and patterns in post-prison recidivism in Illinois, and includes an analysis of recidivism among those released during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This research brief updates and expands the Center’s prior research to examine trends and patterns in prison sentencing and time served for illegal gun possession in Illinois.
An evaluation showed that returning residents who participated in the pilot (RHDP) had a recidivism rate that was roughly a third lower than a comparison group of individuals released from prison at roughly the same time.
We compared jail booking and average daily jail population data for the periods immediately before and after the effective date of the Illinois Pretrial Fairness Act, and found that both bookings and average populations had declined beyond what would have been expected due to normal seasonal fluctuations.
This brief describes Loyola's work helping expand treatment access for people returning from Illinois prisons, as part of the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN).
Loyola’s Center for Criminal Justice is collaborating with Winnebago County and the City of Rockford on a process and impact evaluation of their local Focused Deterrence Program.
Professors Don Stemen and David Olson of Loyola University Chicago CCJ examine whether crime has increased in places that have implemented bail reforms since 2017.
Practitioner interviews suggest that bail is imposed for a broader range of purposes than is usually articulated, at least in public. Our analyses of available data show that bail’s practical results are different from those that are widely assumed. And our conversations with defendants—people who know the pretrial system from inside—have surfaced beliefs and perceptions about bail that are both disturbing and important.
The Center collaborated with the Illinois Department of Corrections’ Planning and Research Unit to examine the number, characteristics, and circumstances of individuals on Mandatory Supervised Release (MSR, or “parole”) who violated conditions of their release and were returned to prison (i.e., “technical violators”).
Examining the number and percent of individuals receiving individual-recognizance bonds (I-Bonds), cash or deposit bonds (C/D-Bonds), and No Bail for offenses that will be detainable or non-detainable under the PFA.
This report by researchers at the Center for Criminal Justice Research, Policy, and Practice at Loyola University Chicago analyzes the impact of bond reform in Cook County on felony bond court decisions, pretrial release, and crime.
Interactive report examining racial disparities and prosecutorial decision making in the Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office in Charleston County, South Carolina.
Technical Report to Reducing Revocations Challenge: The Cook County (Chicago) Adult Probation Department and Loyola University Chicago Action Research Team Final Report
This report, produced in collaboration with the Winnebago County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, profiles the county's criminal justice system and outlines major trends in arrests, prosecutions and sentencing through 2019.
Comparison of results of two community surveys conducted in connection with planning and implementation of a focused deterrence pilot program in Rockford.
This 2019 issue brief explores data on emerging adults (18- to 25-year-olds) in the Illinois criminal justice system and discusses policy and practice implications.
This report, produced in collaboration with the McHenry County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, profiles the county's criminal justice system and outlines major trends in arrests, prosecutions and sentencing during the period from 2010 through 2016.
Summarizes findings from an on-line survey of 275 prosecutors and in-depth interviews with 78 prosecutors in 4 jurisdictions, exploring prosecutorial attitudes, priorities and goals.
This report, produced in collaboration with the St. Clair County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, profiles the county's criminal justice system and outlines major trends in arrests, prosecutions and sentencing during the period from 2010 through 2016.
This report, produced in collaboration with the McLean County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, profiles the county's criminal justice system and outlines major trends in arrests, prosecutions and sentencing during the period from 2010 through 2016.